DREAMING WITH GOD: Unlock Your Creative Potential
A Call to Bring Like-Minded Leaders Together
LOCATION:
The Gathering @ Shafter (CA)
(201 CA-43, Shafter, California 93263-2739)
DATES: October 28-29, 2022 (Friday-Saturday)
In this season, the people of God have the privilege of representing Him in an unprecedented time. The Apostle Paul wrote: But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God” (I Corinthians 2:9-10). When time began, God desired unparalleled beauty and creativity to be released through your life that would be part of a greater corporate purpose for the earth. This event will activate and equip you to unleash the creativity and beauty God uniquely created you to express.
Our time together is designed for immersion in the Word of God and the Spirit of God, with a community of like-minded believers. Additionally, we believe with firm conviction that our time together will unlock and equip you to walk in your God-given inheritance as a disciple of Jesus and an Ambassador of His Kingdom.
This weekend is specifically designed for Senior Leaders, their team, and ANY and all who are hungry to learn and grow in the knowledge of God. Together we will:
• Encounter God
• Hear Strategy for the current season
• Be equipped to walk in our purpose
COST: $30 per person and $50 per couple
(Your registration includes a reservation of your spot for all sessions, Lunch on Saturday, MP3 recordings, and a resource from the resource table to take home.)
SCHEDULE:
SESSION 1 - Friday 7:00pm
SESSION 2 - Saturday 9:30am
LUNCH - 12:30pm - 2:00pm (provided on site)
SESSION 3 - Saturday 2:00pm-4:00pm
DINNER (optional outing out) - for those who desire extra fellowship
(NOTE: For those who would like to attend, Abner Suarez will also be speaking at The Gathering @ Shafter on Sunday morning Oct.30 at 10am. All are welcome to join.)
HOTEL DISCOUNT:
Fairfield Inn & Suites Bakersfield North/Airport
8700 Spectrum Park Way Bakersfield, California 93308 (~13 miles from The Gathering @ Shafter.) There is a conference discount rate of $129/night (+tax) for a Standard King/2Queen if you use the link above when booking.
SPEAKERS & WORSHIP
Abner Suarez
Abner Suarez’s life is a testimony of the goodness and faithfulness of God upon a person’s life. As a freshman in college, Abner’s life and destiny would be forever altered through a moment of surrender that resulted in a life-changing encounter. Since that moment, Abner’s life has been marked with a deep hunger to know God and to walk in an expression of His character and power as a lifestyle.
Over twenty years after this life-changing encounter, Abner's journey in pursuing God’s assignment upon life has taken him around the world where He functions as a speaker, prophetic voice, and advisor. His ministry is marked with the ability to call forth the destiny of individuals, churches, cities, and nations of the world. He has been welcomed in a variety of streams in the body of Christ as well as different sectors of society: including government, education, and business. His greatest passion is simply to know God. From a posture of friendship, He has a God-given mandate to equip the people to display the brilliance of God in the earth.
Abner Suarez is the founder and President of For Such A Time As This, Inc. He is an ordained minister with the Apostolic Network of Global Awakening under the leadership of Randy Clark. He holds both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degree from Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. He also holds a diploma of Master of Ministry from the Wagner Leadership Institute. He is married to his beautiful wife, Dr. LeAnne Suarez. He is an avid reader, coffee drinker, and New York Jets fan.
Abner Suarez’s life is a testimony of the goodness and faithfulness of God upon a person’s life. As a freshman in college, Abner’s life and destiny would be forever altered through a moment of surrender that resulted in a life-changing encounter. Since that moment, Abner’s life has been marked with a deep hunger to know God and to walk in an expression of His character and power as a lifestyle.
Over twenty years after this life-changing encounter, Abner's journey in pursuing God’s assignment upon life has taken him around the world where He functions as a speaker, prophetic voice, and advisor. His ministry is marked with the ability to call forth the destiny of individuals, churches, cities, and nations of the world. He has been welcomed in a variety of streams in the body of Christ as well as different sectors of society: including government, education, and business. His greatest passion is simply to know God. From a posture of friendship, He has a God-given mandate to equip the people to display the brilliance of God in the earth.
Abner Suarez is the founder and President of For Such A Time As This, Inc. He is an ordained minister with the Apostolic Network of Global Awakening under the leadership of Randy Clark. He holds both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degree from Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. He also holds a diploma of Master of Ministry from the Wagner Leadership Institute. He is married to his beautiful wife, Dr. LeAnne Suarez. He is an avid reader, coffee drinker, and New York Jets fan.
Tonja Peters
Tonja Peters has been a faithful wife for thirty-four years, a mother of four children, and “Grammy” of seven wonderful grandchildren! She served in ministry with great joy with her husband, Ken Peters, for over 31 years, until he went on to eternity in 2021. Tonja and her husband were the founding pastors of The Gathering @ Corona, an Apostolic/Prophetic Reformation church. Tonja is the overseer over The Gathering Network of Churches along with a plurality of Apostolic leaders that are called by the Lord to be part of a transformational movement to restore the New Testament model/pattern of the church. Tonja also oversees Elijah Prophetic Trumpet Ministries; an international ministry commissioned to build the Kingdom of God and bless churches abroad. She is also the author of Breaking Free Through God’s Promises: A 22 Day Devotional. Even though continuing on in ministry has been a challenge without her husband, Tonja believes that it pleases the Lord and Ken for her to continue on in all that the Father placed within their hearts to see His Kingdom established biblically on this earth.
God has placed a burning desire within her to see biblical apostolic/prophetic ministry restored and released throughout the entire body of Christ and to see apostolic government restored to the local church, and the restoration of functioning five-fold ministers training, equipping and releasing the saints in their God-given gifts to accomplish the work of ministry. Soon we will see the fullness of the body of Christ having freedom to cross-pollinate with the many streams of the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in the earth.
Tonja Peters has been a faithful wife for thirty-four years, a mother of four children, and “Grammy” of seven wonderful grandchildren! She served in ministry with great joy with her husband, Ken Peters, for over 31 years, until he went on to eternity in 2021. Tonja and her husband were the founding pastors of The Gathering @ Corona, an Apostolic/Prophetic Reformation church. Tonja is the overseer over The Gathering Network of Churches along with a plurality of Apostolic leaders that are called by the Lord to be part of a transformational movement to restore the New Testament model/pattern of the church. Tonja also oversees Elijah Prophetic Trumpet Ministries; an international ministry commissioned to build the Kingdom of God and bless churches abroad. She is also the author of Breaking Free Through God’s Promises: A 22 Day Devotional. Even though continuing on in ministry has been a challenge without her husband, Tonja believes that it pleases the Lord and Ken for her to continue on in all that the Father placed within their hearts to see His Kingdom established biblically on this earth.
God has placed a burning desire within her to see biblical apostolic/prophetic ministry restored and released throughout the entire body of Christ and to see apostolic government restored to the local church, and the restoration of functioning five-fold ministers training, equipping and releasing the saints in their God-given gifts to accomplish the work of ministry. Soon we will see the fullness of the body of Christ having freedom to cross-pollinate with the many streams of the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in the earth.
WORSHIP LEADER
Candice Peters
Candice Peters was raised on the Central Coast of California by faith-filled parents and ministers, Ken and Tonja Peters. As her parents traveled to churches in other states and countries, they would often bring their children along, and encouraged them to use their spiritual giftings to minister alongside them. Growing up, Candice loved to read her Bible and biographies on missionaries and fathers and mothers of the Christian faith, and felt a call to the nations and ministry very early on. After some wandering in her twenties she surrendered fully to the Father and wherever He would lead. She has been in full-time ministry for the past 8 years as a children’s pastor, worship leader, and administrator. She is under the covering of The Gathering Network of Churches and has a heart for prophetic ministry and worship, and all that God may release to His people!
Candice Peters
Candice Peters was raised on the Central Coast of California by faith-filled parents and ministers, Ken and Tonja Peters. As her parents traveled to churches in other states and countries, they would often bring their children along, and encouraged them to use their spiritual giftings to minister alongside them. Growing up, Candice loved to read her Bible and biographies on missionaries and fathers and mothers of the Christian faith, and felt a call to the nations and ministry very early on. After some wandering in her twenties she surrendered fully to the Father and wherever He would lead. She has been in full-time ministry for the past 8 years as a children’s pastor, worship leader, and administrator. She is under the covering of The Gathering Network of Churches and has a heart for prophetic ministry and worship, and all that God may release to His people!